St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-15

| clay p1tC0erS, cOal-hOdS. and other
things are as true to life - those which
your briGAteyed little brother OF sister
makes in his or her kindergarten. On
their commencement-day they told a
story and Illustrated it in clay. 1t was
the history of early Boston.
"A great many years ago." said
ightless little girl. - man came from
England and settled on the land now
called Boston. His name was William
Blackstone. He built house and lived
in it al alone. And l have made the
house" Here she held up model in
clay of a small hrt- Afterwards"
said boy. ''other people came here.
and they built ships to sail in the har-
Dor. have made the first ship built in
Boston," and he held up . rude craft.
which very likely was quite as graceful
as the ship it meant to represent.
Then" said . little girl. 1.-The people
began to be afraid Of Indians. They
built tower and kept light on it.
calling it the Beacon. l have made
the Beacon" and she held up clay
tower with . small lantern swinging
from it Then boy took up the story.
1.-The town of Boston was built on three
hills, and was called TrimOuntain.
There were Bunker Hill, Breeds Hill
and Beacon Hill. The last was where
the Beacon light hung" and ne held up
his mcdel. showing the formation OF
early Boston. Others followed with
representations of the State House
and Perkins Institution and Bunker
Hill Monument. and at last the new
kindergarten for the Blind.
The school has become so large
that they have 10 turn away every year
blind applicants The Institution is
village in itself. in the heart Of the great
city. Besides its main buildings, so
large and conspicuous that they can be
seen for miles, it has cottages, work.
shops. gallery. printing-hOuse and
schOOl-houses. So 3 new house has
been built al Jamaica Plain, which will
be used for the first time next year, as
. kindergarten. This will give room
for nearly rs many more pupils in the
whole school. The Perkins school can
accommodate some three hundred
scholars, and the kindergarten will take
. hundred or two more. II viii take
them when they are little, from ont of
their wretchedness, and often from
squalor and misery, and fit them for
learning TO study and to work; SO that
our little blind children need sit in dark
ness no longer, but have chance to
become good, useful and active citizens
May God bless the work and its helpers.
But you must not think the work is
all confined to kindergartening. You
have heard of the famous Laura Bridg-
man, that sweet patient old lady, who
has but one sense out of five-the sense
of touch? Here she was taught the
marvellous requirements which have
made her 80 distinguished. Here many
others were taught long before kinder
gartens came into fashion, but much
more slowly and laboriously. Hundreds
of blind people owe their ability to take
care of themselves and their enjoyment
of life to this school Some of them
graduate and go forth to teach in other
schools for the blind. Many of them
learn to tune pianos, and their musical
instinct is 80 quick and true that our
blind piano-tuners are the best we have.
They learn music. instrumental and
vocal. They learn carpentering broom
chair-seating. basket-weaving
and many other things. and their work
is always Conscientious.
Boys, if you ever have a chance. visit
this or . similar school for the blind,
and you will come away with q new re-
spect for Gods unfortunates. full of
wonder at their marvellous achievements
and full of gratitude for your own gift
Of sight-Hsics H. Winsloso. in In.cr-
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